Introduction, a day late

 Yesterday (March 1) I saw that quite a few people used their first posts to introduce themselves, so I thought I would do that today.

I'm not sure how many years I've done this challenge. There were some years I decided not to try for various reasons. I'm glad to be back though.

I'm a retired teacher - 6 years in kindergarten followed by 16 years in 4th grade. I taught at an independent school for gifted children. I loved teaching there, though gifted children are usually a challenge. Some of my former students are now my friends on Facebook.

Before I was a teacher I had several other careers. I majored in music in college. I play the (French) horn. Still. I had wonderful musical experiences, but eventually decided to stay in Chicago, changing direction. My husband was a high school band director until he retired. I was an editor at a music magazine for a couple of years.

We have two adult children. Our daughter is also a (French) horn player, in Houston. She plays and teaches horn for a living. Our son is a manager at a Starbucks and a fairly new father. Grandchildren are awesome.

Besides playing the horn, which actually takes quite a bit of my time as I play in three groups and sometimes help out with other groups, I read a lot, am dabbling in learning Scots Gaelic, and try to do healthy things. 

Though I have lived in the Chicago area longer than anywhere else, I was born in Seattle, lived for 5-1/2 years in Wisconsin, followed by 6 years in Connecticut before going off to college in upstate New York.

As another blogger said, if you have questions, I'll answer them if I can.